Khin Myo Chit was shot and killed in front of her family during a military raid in MandalayA seven-year-old girl in Burma was shot dead as she sat in her father’s arms at home, the youngest victim of the military crackdown on opposition to last month’s coup. Businesses in Burma were taking part in a “silent strike” today, in an effort to move protest off the streets, after the death in the city of Mandalay of Khin Myo Chit, the youngest — but not the first — child to be killed by the junta. Sponsored“We are horrified that children continue to be among the targets of these fatal attacks on peaceful protesters,” the charity Save The Children said. “The death of these children is especially concerning given that they reportedly were killed while being at home, where they should have been safe

Source: The Times March 24, 2021 09:56 UTC